Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)Food and lodging; board.

    food and lodging provided in addition to money

  2. (no plural, transitive)The period of time when a furnace is at its hottest; the interval in which the furnace is meant to fully melt glass.

  3. (transitive)A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

Examples

136 sentences
  1. This story is founded on fact.

    deDiese Geschichte beruht auf Tatsachen. — al_ex_an_der

  2. He founded the school five years ago.

    ruОн основал школу пять лет назад. — Lenin_1917

    deEr hat die Schule vor fünf Jahren gegründet. — xtofu80

  3. When was this university founded?

    ruКогда был открыт этот университет? — Lenin_1917

    deWann wurde diese Universität gegründet? — MUIRIEL

  4. He was still in his teens when he founded a company.

    ruОн был ещё подростком, когда основал компанию. — paul_lingvo

    deEr war noch ein Jugendlicher, als er eine Firma gründete. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. When was the university founded?

    ruКогда был основан университет? — odexed

    deWann wurde die Universität gegründet? — Haehnchenpaella

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Origin

From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Sp

From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir, and French fondre.

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Forms

plural: founds
Singularfound

uncountable

See also

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